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Gyp, The Heiress; 
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IS OYP THE HEIliESS; 01^, TJtJC DEAD. y]^iTyES3. 
CAST OF CTIAIiACTEnS. 

Oscar Eoyaltox Gryp's Guardian* 

Si Thornton ....A Villain. 

Takemquick An Insurance Agent. 

Hop Sing, a Chinaman I 

Hezekiah Hopeful, a tramp\ 

Gyp The Heiress- 

Clara Eoyaltox Oscar'' s Sister- 

Rachel Crosby Speaks for herself- 

Sister C armeta Dead Witness. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 
fACl' I. — Drawing-room of Oscar Boyalton, Silver City, Nevada. 

Aunt Rachel — Oscars Aunt, from down East — Hezekiah Hopeful, 
a tramp — "No mustach near me" — Gyp — a-b-c — Thornton the 
Villain — A sacred trust — Royalton depart for the East — Clara and 
Thornton — He demands the papers — "I'll guard them with my lile 
— Supposed murder of Clara and Hezekiah — "Heavens! I'm a 
murderer — I'll burn the house and conceal my crime — Exciting fire 
scene. 

ACT II. — Hop Singes Laundry. 

Takemquick — A live Insurance man — Rachel and Gyp — Hop Sing 
and Rachel — The light — Takemquick on hand — Sister Carraeta re- 
veals a secret to Gyp and Rachel — Thornton's demand of Hop Sing, 
his arcou)plice — The refusal — An attempt to murder Hop Sing— 
The Dead AVitness appears. 

ACT III.— Thornton's Law -Office. 

Hezekiah the tramp, secures a position in Thornton's office — 
Takemquick — Hezekiah reveals to Gyp who her enemy is — "Trust me 
I'll get your fortune for you" — Hezekiah's novel — Sister Carmeta — 
"I'm here to avenge the death of Clara Royalton" — The shot — I am 
:he Dead AVitness — "A colt revolver" — Oscar disguised — A game of 
3ards — "Discovered" — Oath of vengeance— Hezekiah holds both 
bowers. 

ACT IV.— Same Scene as Act III. 

Love scene between Hezekiah and Rachel — Proposal — Two note'' 
—Thornton shot by Hop Sing — Oscar in disguise — Clara is the Dead 
Witness, who escaped death in the burning house — Oscar throws oft 
disguise and introduces Gyp as his wife — Death of Thornton — Devils 
toast — Hezekiah presents papers to prove Gyp's inheritance and 
is ready for matrimony — Aunt Rachel finally surrenders and all are 
happy. 

COSTUMES TO SUIT CHABACTEBS. 

TIME OF PEBFORMANCE—TWO HO UBS. 

STA GE DIRECTIONS. 

R., means Right; t-., Left; r. h.. Right Hand; l. h., Left Hand; c. Centre; 3. K., 
2d E.,]Secoud Entrance; c. e.. Upper Entrance; m. d., Middle Door; f., tha Flat; 
e. F., Door in Flat; R. C Right of Centre; l. c, Left of Centre. 

B. R. C. 0. L. C. L. 

*«* The reider is aupposed to be upon the ataso facing the au lieaoe. 



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"Gyp The Heiress;" 

—OK, THE— 

DEAD WITNESS. 



ACT I. 

SCENE. — Well furnished room. Table l., chairsn. and l., Hezekiah 
Hopeful seated l. asleep; curtain np; bell rings; Hopeful wakes 

up, etc. 

Hez. (yawning) Gee whiz! There o-oes that breakfast bell and 
I've not o^ot this room dusted vet. Lord ! What will Mr. Oscar say ? 
I don't care thou2:h, if he does kick! I ain't no steam locomotive. 
I hnve to rest some as well as other people. Here I've got to sit up 
and drink poor whiskey with him every nio;ht till he gets the swell 
head, and it takes a slop bucket full to fix him too, and then in the 
niorninof I've o;ot to vineofar him and picKel him, and soda water 
him to take the swell out of his head ; in doincr that I've just lost so 
much sleep, I don't see how I nm to ever catch up again, (yawns) 
Well,*I guess there ain't no use of puttino; it off any longer, so I'll 
just get to work and clean out this establishment, (pulls o^f coat, 
steps backwards and falls over foot, stool) ISTow, there it goes ao*ain. 
there U too darn much furniture in this house anyway, (kicks^too'l 
out, -R.) There, now I guess you'll not bother me any more. There 
is just thi>i about it, there has irot to be more servants or less work, 
or dod gast my wig if I don't discharge mvself, {dust with coat) 
The beauty of this duster is this : You wear it for a coat and when 
you «ee a spot of dust, pull oft" your coat and slap at it, that saves 
you the trouble of hunting up the duster evervtime, and that's quitt^ 
un item to a feller that has a delicate constitution like me. 

Enter, Rachel with umbrella, r. e., looks around bewildered. 

I need peace and quiet, that's what I want. ( hits 'Rxcukl with 
coat) Look out! Call some other time, this is my busy day. 

(dusts 
Bachel. (c. ") Well, I've rid in steam keers with Indians and been 
jostled by niggers and elbowed by Chinamen, but I never thou^hC 
that I would have to mix with Mexician Greasers. ! I never. 

[fans 
IIcz. S;iy, look out there female, don't you call me greaser, I 



^ GYP, THE HEIRESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS, 

hain't lived in the west five years fer nothing, and when I'm riled 
I'm mad. 

Bachel. Do tell ! And you have lived here five years; well you 
don't look as if you had energy enouoii to live five minutes. How'd 
you do it? (^«'^« 

Hez. Well, I-I-T ain't got no trade. I work some and tramp 
some. I didn't really live, I just simply existed like any other 
fungus growth. {dusts 

Bachel. Yes, I 'spose so— :N'o trade— That's bad. You ought to 
have a trade. Xow, I'm a poor lone unprotected female, but I cal- 
culate I am able to take care of myself. 
Hez. (aside) Yes, I should think so. 
Bachel. Say, Mr. where are you from ? 
Hex. I am from Maine, where they put up ice all summer. 
Bachel. Maine ? How did you ever have courage to get away oi t 
here in Nevada by yourself *? 

Hez. Do you think I am a coward? There ain't the least bit of 
a coward about me. Why I'll tell you what I've done, I've fought 
bears with one hand, wild cats with the other and made love to a 
pretty girl all at the same time. 
Bachel. Was the girl blind? 

Hez. Si\y\ Don't you get me mad. When I get rile.l, fire flies 
out of my eyes, smoke comes out of my ears; I just naturally foam 
"up and-and-and-boil away. 

Bachel. {musingly) You work some and tramp some. Mostly 
tramp, 1 should think. 

Hez. {mad) Say, 7 am Colora.lo Ciiarley (rZmi^s A;h(/'6') from Dead 
Man's Gulch, (draws revolver) I've killed three meji. 

Bachel. (charges him vnth umbrella) Well, Mr. Colorado Charles 
you get out of here, (strikes him) Killed three meu. (strikes) 
Ain't killed any wimmen yet have you? (strikes) And when you 
think you can scare Rachel Scroby with j'our western br^'ezes, let 
me know; (drives him out 1 e.) and if you show yourself in here 
, again there will be trouble, (seated r., fans) Colorado Charley frc m 
Dead Man's Gulch killed three men, well he didn't even scare me. 
I ditln't teach school in the back districts of Ingiana ten years for 
nothing, and speaking of schools reminds me — I've come all the w^ay 
out here in this uncivilized community to teach one person — Gyp, I 
believe they call her. My niece and nephew. Clara and Oscar 
Iloyalton, the only living relatives I've got, sent for me to come and 
teach some stray piece of humanity they've picked up somewhere. 
I wonder if everybody is dead about here but that «reaser of a ser- 
vant; I wonder if I have missed the house. No, I havn't, for they 
said to come to Silver City, (sneer) Silver City indeed, two saloons 
and a drove of cattle, is that what they call city in the west? 

Enter, Oscar, l. e. 

Oscar. Well, Clara I've O ! I beg pardon, I thought it was my 

sister. (FvACHEL turns) What! Aunt Rachel I is it really you? 
(greeting) Why, we did'nt expect you before to-morrow. When I 
came in the room and saw you, I supposed it was Clara. This is a 
surprise indeed, and there was no one at the station to meet you 
either, but then Silver City is so small there is not mutfh «langeV of 
one getting lost, but how did it come that you arrived a *\ty s<s>oner 
than you said in your letter. You said you would be here Thursday 
^nd this is only Wednesday. 



GYP THE HEIRESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS. I 

Rachel. Wlij-, I stnrted a day sooner of course, but good land! dc 
3-0U mean to say tluit you are Oscar Royalton little Oscar? 

Oscar. Yes, 'I'm Oscar Royalton little Oscar if you want to have 
it that way, but do you thinlv time has worlied such a change in me, 
aunt? 

Rachel. Good gracious! Yes, why the hist time I saw you — 

Oscar. But that was thirteen yenrs ago, aunt. 

Rachel. Of course it was, and I tliouglityou to be the awkwardest 
And ugliest lookuig specimen ot" humanity 1 ever saw, but you have 
L-rown to be a tolerable good looking fellow now; do tell now, is 
that mustache real? {fans 

Oscar. Certainly, aunt, let me prove it. (advances 

Rochel. Don't! don't! (hasiil//) I wouldn't have a mustach any 
c'oser to me tor ;niy thing. {retreats, r. 

Oscar. But aunt, it has been a long time since I saw you; just 
imagine that I am still a boy. (advances 

Riichel. You may stiil be a boy in mind but not in stature. I 
wouldn't kiss a real live man for worlds; don't care if you are my 
nephew — where is Clara? 

Oscar, (asjde) That settles the kiss question, (aloud) That's 
just what I want to know. 1 supposed she was in this romn when I 
liri^tcame in, I wanted to see her and talk with her awhile, as I just 
r ceived word that will call me to the East for awhile. If you will 
excuse me aunt, I'll go and see if I can tind her. {(urns) O! here 
conies Gyp, she can tell us where she is. 

Rachel. Gyp! ^VhoisGyp? O ! she is the one that you wanted 
me to teach. Tell her to hurry up, I want to see her. (fans 

Oscar. Well, she is not used to being commanded, aunt, but 
rather to command herself, as she does as she pleases with Clara 
and I. 

Rachal. O! she does, does she? Well, she wilt: goon get used to 
be conunanded while I am around, {suddenly) Are you going to 
marry her? 

Oscar. I-I-really aunt, I couldn't say; it is doubtful, verj'' 
doubtful. 

Rachel. Doubtful, is it ? Not on your part,]I'il be bound. What's 
her other name? 

Oscar. Gyp, just Gyp. Of course she has another name, but we 
never use it. 11 ei name is Gyp Golden, but here she is at last, she 
r-an speak for herself. 

Enter, Gyp l. e. ^i -3&^^^:.>':- \ 

Gyp. 01 Oscar! Sucn a tune as we cv.a nave, ana wnat a glorious 
/ide up hill and down dale, and my pony — 

Oscar. You like your pony then, do you Gyp ? 

Gyp. I.ikehim! Win- he is just simply immense, Clara and I 
have been running races all the afternoon, and 1 heather too. 

Rachel. Landsakes! And that's the girl they sent for me to 
tame. 

Gyp. (sees Rachel) Gracious! Oscar, why didn't you tell me 
vou had visitors ! 

Oscar. This is aunt Rachel, Gyji; you know she was to be here 
^o-morrow, but got here a day sooner. 

(Gyp advances and offers to shake hands, Rachel pays no attention [ 



ft GYP THE HEIBESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS, 

Backel. Young lady do you know your a-b-c's? 

tTifp. (perplexed) 1-I-beg pardon. 

Bacheh (sharply) Can you read? 

Gyp. (coldly) Certainly, madam. 

Bdchel. How many is twice 2? 

Gyp. («o Oscar) What does she mean? 

Oscar, (laughing) Why! Aunt, we diden't send for you to teach 
Gyp, but to be her companion, as Clara and I are always occupied. 
AVe haven't the time to devote to her, so we thou'^lit tliat it would 
be a good idea to have you liere with lier. She lias a good educa- 
tion, but in the society there is around here in this western country, 
she will need constant companionship to keep from growing rusiy. 

Enter, Clara, l. e. 

Ah ! Clara, here is a surprise for you — 

Clara. JFAa/!.' Aunt Rachel, (greeting) O I I am so ghid to see 
you, (goeyiB.. 

Oscar, (turns L., calls) Hopeful! Hopeful! 

Enter, Hezi^kiah, l. e, 

Hez. Well, sir! 

Oscar. Show aunt Racliel to lier room. 

Bnchel. Xo he won't eitlier, 1 don't want no Mexican — 

Oscar. He is no Mexican ; lie is a real downcast Yankee. 

B'lcheL Is he! Well, I didn't know what he was. Nationaliiy 
is so badly mixed out here. Clara and Gyp will show me to my 
room. 

Hez. Well, if there is anything you want just hitch a teleplione 
on to my room and I'll be there in rather less than no time. 

(exit, L. 

Oscar, (looking after Hez.) A queer genius, that works some 
/ind tramps some ; he may stay here a \'ear, or he may start out 
tramping to-morrow, [to Rachel) They will show you your room 
and tlien we will have supper. 

Rachel. Yes, the room, that's what I want. I've been yelled at 
by hack drivers and screamed at by policemen, jostled around by 
Chinese and elbowed by niggers, till I am just completel}', all in a 
flutter. 1 don't feel as if I would ever want to eat again. 

Oscar. Nonsense aunt, a few hours rest will make quite a difter- 
ence. Gyp, you show her the room, as I wish to soeak with Clara. 
(exit, Rachel and Gyp, r. e.) Now Clara, as 1 wish to speak with 
you in regard to that business of a few days ago, there are a few 
receipts to sign and a contract to write out, we will go to my desk 
and get through as soon as possible. (exeunt, l. e. 

Enter, ThorjSttox, r. e. 

Thorn. Well I must say, Royalton has things fixed up rather nobby 
for a cattle ranch, (looks around) and considering that he is using 
another persons money to do it with. I should say that is carry- 
ing things with a high hand — well ride a high horse in the morning 
and you will walk betore night, as the old saw goes, and as I have 
searched in vain for live years for Royalton and found him at last, 
bv accident, I think I will settle accounts with him very speedily. 
My uncle styled me a gambler and everything etee that's bad. He 
iidn't call me a thief, but I'll add that word to my title before I'll 



GYP THE HEIRESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS, 7 
loose his fortune, for his money I icill have by fair means or by foul. 

Enter, Hezekiah, l. e. 

Hes. Well, here I am all complete and regular, I feel as light as 
air. I remind myself of a feather; somebody hold me or I fly away, 
and — (sees Thornton) Who the devil are you? 

Thorn. That's rather an abrupt way of purtins: it, my friend, but 
I will in the mean time relieve yonr curiosity — my name does not 
matter, 1 am a passenger ou the stage coach that has stopped here 
for change of horses. I strolletl in here, thinking it was a hotel, and 
as 1 g;iw no one to apologise to after 1 found my mistake, I was just 
on the point of leaving when you come in. 

Hez. Stay here a month if you want to Mr. 

Thorn. Thanks for your invitation, my friend. 

Hez. Well partner, in the first place I ain't a friend of yours or 
Anybody else but myself, and in the second place this is not my 
liouse, so you see it's all the same to me whether you go or stay, but 
1 rather, just a little bit rather you'd go, "sava?" 

Thorn. You are a plain spoken fellow anyhow. How long will 
it be before the stage is ready to move on? 

Hez. Hard to tell, very hard, for one of the lead horses has got 
the colic. There are three drivers down there swearing at him, but 
it don't seem to do him any good, poor devil. Well I must go and 
see Mr. Oscar and tell him about the stage, as he is going away in it. 

Thorn, (aside) Royalton going awjty — ha! that's lucky for me. 
(aloud) Where is he going? 

Hez. That's none oi your business, and then besides I don't re- 
member. 

Thorn, {taking out money) Would live dollars help you to re- 
member? 

Hez. (aside) I wonder what the devil he is driving at. (aloud) 
Well, five dollars would make a fellow remember a good ways back. 

Thorn. Well, 1 will give ,you five dollars if you will tell me where 
RoyaUon is going. 

Hez. Ciosh ! tljat will set me up in business again. Well here ig 
•'coming for you." (takes money) He is going to Cincinnati and I 
am going to the saloon. So long old man, see you later. 

(exit, L. E. 

Thorn. Going to Cincinnati is he? Well, I'll see that he don't 
get back in a hurry, (looks i..) Aii I here he comes now, he and 
liis precious sister. I think I will just take the liberty of listening 
to their conversation. ''Points" is wliat 1 need now, before 1 make 
the next move. " (retires, r., 1 e. 

Enter, Oscak and Clara, l., 2 e., 

Oscar. Now Clara, I am going to tell you something that may 
surprise you. I am going to tell you the history of Gyp — 
Clara. Of Gyp V Why you told me that long ago. 
O^car. Not all of it, but 1 must nasten, for 1 have to leave in the 

stage, ^ 

Clara. WhatI Going away now? You must be crazy. 

Oscar. I just receive! word that demands my presence in Cin- 
cinnati, and 1 will probably be detained two mouths, and may be 
longer. 



S GYP THE HEIRESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS, 

Clara. But you forget; who is to attend to the cattle? Who is to 
do the work ? 

Oscar. Hopeful will be here. 

Clara. Hopeful ! Why he is a common tramp, he may stay here 
a year, or he may go avvay to-morrow. 

Oscar. No, he has promised me he would staj^, and now in regard 
to Gyp. You know — 

Clara. I know that slie is an orphan; that her father died in the 
gold mines, and that he trusted her and her fortune with you. 

Oscar. Yes, you know that much, but that is not all, her father 
trusted me like brother trusts brother, he wished me to keep Gyp 
in ignornnce ot her fortune until her twenty-tirst birthday, and then 
1 was to tell her and she was to come in full possession of it. 

Clara. Well, there is nothing very startling in that, is there? 
You said awhile ago that you would surprise me. 

Oscar. Listen, and you may yet be surprised. Anson Golden, 
Gyp's father, at the time of his death, thought that he had no living 
relative but Gyp. He had a scrape grace nephew, Philip Darkwood, 
by name, who committed a forgery in N. Y., lied to sea, and was sup- 
posed to have perished, as the ship he was on went down with all on 
board. 

Clara. Well, if Philip Darkwood is dead, what has he got to do 
with Gyp and her money':' 

' Oscar. But you didn't let me finish — I have learned lately that 
Darkwood is not dead, and is on the trace of Gyp, ami that is what 
c ills me to the East, to throw him ott the track if possible, for if he 
finds her he will use any means that he can command to secure her 
lortune. [tikes papers oul of pocket) 1 have papers proving that 
she is Gyp Golden, her mother's marriage certificate, and ci'rtiticates 
of deposite tor ad her money in the Leadville N^ational Bank, which 
i s la 1 leave with you while 1 am awa\\ Clara, guard those papers 
with \'Our ilfe if need be, for it is the greatest trust you have ev r 
had. {impressive 

Clara. Oscar, you know that I am not easil3^ scare!. I will keep 
the papers and guard them well, never fear, if they have the impor- 
tance attached to them you say they have, 1 will sacrifice honor, 
home, even life, rather than harm should come to Gyp. {whistle) 
There goes the stage whistle, the driver is calling the passengers, 
and now Oscar, good-by, don't stay away longer than— 

Obcar. No, never fear, J won't staj'- longer than is absolutely 
necessary; good-by Clara and remember your trust, [exit, l. e. 

Clara. Kemember my trust! Yes, and 1 will guard it well too, 
as he says, it is the greatest trust of my life. 

Enter, Rachel and Gyp, r. e., Hezkkiah l. e. 

Rachel. Trusts I Have you got trusts out here too? A life trust 
too. Now we've got trusts back in Indiana. There's the salt trust 
and the sugar trust, but 1 never heard of a life trust before. What 
won't they get up next? 

Hez. They've got a bigger trust than that now, old lady — English 
fellers come over here and bought all the mountains in North 
America. 

Rachel, Don't call me old, if you please, but what did they want 
A'ith those mountains? 



GYP THE HEIRESS; 02?, THE DEAD WITNESS, 9 

Hez. They are going to put a man on top of every one to get the 
silver Ihiing off the clouds that pass over. 

Gyp. Hopeful, stop that nonsense and be sensible foronce in vour 
life. 

Hez. 'i'liat ain't nonsense. Tiiat's stralc^ht high proof, 90 per 
cent and I've got a bigger one than that, y holds up beer bottle) here's 
trusting that I will have this bottle full from now on. 

Clara. Now Hopeful, you are not going to get drunk the first 
thing after Oscar leaves, are you? 

Hez. I don't know. 

Gt/p. Why, of course you won't, and just to think, he has left 
yon in charge of everything here — 

Hez. He! He who? 

Gyp. Why! Oscar, of course. 

Hez. O! Well 1 am not as much stuck on him as I am on *'0M 
Kocky Mountain dew." [holds up bottle 

Clara. O! dear! What are we to do? I told Oscir how it would 
be before he left. 

Gtjp. Three of us left here on this lonely ranch by ourselves. 

(Clara and Gyp, exit l. e. 

Hez. What's the matter with me, I'm here yet, don't 1 count? 

Bachel. Say, Mr., vvhat's-your-name, don't you think that if you 
had.a barrel of whiskey that you couid soon succeed in drinking 
enough to kill yourself? {exit, l. 

Hez. {drops bottle; follows) I don't know, but I'm sure I'd try. 
Wheal can you get the winskey ? {exit, l. e. 

Enter, Thornton, r., 3 e. 

Thorn. So that's the way the wind blows, is it? Koyalton leaves 
for the East and the servant* re;idy to leave for anywhere. Well that 
suits my purpose better. Surely I am phiying in luck this tiute. 
And they know that Philip Darkwood is not dead. Well lioyalton 
is going on a "fools errand." If he thinks to out-wit Philip Dark- 
wood he will find out his mi.>;take. {seated) And Gyp is to be ke|)t 
in ignorance of her fortune until her twenty-tirst birthday; slie can't 
be far from that now, but those p,'i[)ers, I must have them and that 
to night too. I don't like to make a common sneak thief of myseif, 
but a man must have money. Ah I here comes Koyalton's sister, 
now for the first ace in the drama. 

Enter, Clara l., Thornton rises. 

Good evening madam, I hope you will excuse this seeming intrusion, 
but my name is Thornton, of the firm of Thornton & Shiivp, attor- 
ney's at law in St. I^ouis. I have called uere in quest of Mr. 
Koyalton. 

Clara. He left for the East in the stage less than an hour ago. 
He will probabl}'^ vot return for two months, but as I am managing 
his business affairs for him in his absence, m:i3M>e — 

Thorn. I caUec' to see hnn in regard to Miss Golden — Gvp Golden. 

Clara. Whut ! Gyp Golden ! 

Thorn. Yes, 1 believe your brother is acting as guardian for Miss 
Golden, now. 

Clara. Yes sir ! But what business cat? yo:i have with Oscar in 
regard to Gyp? 

Thorn. I also believe that when Anson Golden died, he trusted 



10 GYP THE HEIRESS; OH, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

your brother witli quite a sum of money, for Miss Golden. Am I 
not rioht in my belief? 

Clara. Sir, you are presuming too f;ir ; you are prying into private 
affairs that do not concern you. I decline to answer I 

Thorn. That i8 rather a loose way of doing business you admit. 

Clara. Sir, will you be good eno\igh to leave the roam? 

lliorn. Philip Darkwood, Anson Golden's nephew, who, by a 
false report, was supposed to be dead, now comes forward and 
laj'S claim to Golden's fortune. 

Clara. You forget sir, how could Darkwood lav claim to Golden's 
fortune over Gyp, for she was his daughter and Darkwood only his 
r.ephew? 

Thorn. Darkwood, also, brings forward conclusive proof that 
Gyp was an adopted child which lets Darkwood's claim in as 
the only living relative. Now as Royalton has papers in his posses- 
sion claiming the Golden fortiine for Gyp, these papers must be a 
forgery, and in the interest of Mi-. Darkwood, 1 demand those papers. 

i^lara. What! Give up the papers claiming the fortune for GypV 
Never! Your demand is useless, sir, I will never comply witli it 
and once more I request you to leave this house. 

Thorn. Madam, 1 am not a man to stand any foolishness. I de- 
mand those papers; hand them over or 1 shall have to use force. 
j Clara. 1 am not easily frightened sir, as you will tind out, I h:ive 
requested you twice to leave this room and now 1 say, that if you 
don't leave I shall call the servant and have you put out. 

Thorn. Do you think [ will leave without those papers? Haul 
them over I say ! (work this up 

Clara. Never! I said I would guard them with my life and I 
will. I'll die before you shall have them. 

Thorn. 'J'hen die, curse you, for the papers 1 must have. 

(adcances 

Clara. Coward! to attack a woman. 

Hez. (oiitR.) Gee whiz! 0!my! etc. 

Thorn, {startled) Heavens! Caught in my own trap. 

{retires up stage 
Enter, Hezekiah, k., 2 e. 

Ilez. Gosh! say, I didn't know a "dad busted" cow could kick 
backwards, I alwavs thought that they kinder wound round like 
that (indicates) and got a feller on the rebound, but — 
Thorn gets bottle on Jloor; slips up behind Hezekiah and strikes him 
on head; Hezekiah reals and falls out R., 2 e. 

Thorn. Take that, for a meddlesome fool, curse you ! Girl ! give 
me those papers! 

Clara. Never! I'll guard them witli mv life. 

Thorn. Then curse you for an obstinate fool, die! (draws knife, 
strikes, Clara falls c, strikes ajaia; takes papers out of Clara's 
dress; rises) Heavens! I've murdered her. I didn't intend to go 
that far, but I must conceal all traces of my crime. I'll fire the 
house. The fortune is mine, now. 

Exit, L. E., light l. e., bell rings, excited voices cry jire! fire! fire! 
help! etc. Gyp runs in r., raises Clara's head as though to drag 
off; criis help! help! help! {don't hurry this 

TABLEAU. 

END OF ACT I, 



GYP THE HEIBESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS. 11 

ACT ir. 

SCENE.— Hot Sing's Laundry. Door r., table l. f. Boxb. F..for 

Sing to iron on. 

Sing, {ironing and singing) My name Hop Sino^, coniee from 
Chinee. Me got an alica gal, she no likee me. Me from Hong Kong ; 
Melican man come along, stealee alica gallee from poor Chinee 

{tries iron, burns hand, etc. 

Enter, Thornton, l. e. 

Thorn. Well Sing, how are you makingit now? Miichee washee ? 

Sing. {Shakes head) No gooti, no good, no muchee washee, no 
money, no nothing, Melican man allee samee dead beat. What you 
want, washee? 

Thorn. "Washee?" no I don't want any washing done, I just 
came around to tell you that you will have a lady visitor sometime 
this afternoon. 

Siny. No likee Melican girls ; allee samee me kickee out in street. 

Thorn. Well you'll like this one or it will be the worse for you, 
do you understand you pumpkin colored heathen? 

(Sing raises iron 

Sing. Melican man better look out; allee samee smashee. 

(Thornton draivs revolver 

Thorn. Say China! you lay down that iron or I'll pierce your 
ears for you, and if I find th;it I'll have to put a hole through your 
lieart, first; remember I shan't stand back on doing it, I tliink you 
have known me long enough to know that haven't you? 

Sing. No! no! no! don't shoot china man ; china man do allee 
samee what Melican man say; no shootee. {on knees 

Thorn. Then mind and keep your tongue to yourself after this. 
The lady that will be in this evening is my sister, do you understand 
that? And you treat her civilly to, or I'll break that yellow neck of 
3 ours. 

Sing. Me do! me do what melican man say, only no shootee, poor 
chinee man. 

Thorn. When she comes, you tell her to stay here until I come. 
I'll be here in the course of the evening, {turn-t) Curse that Chin i- 
man, I'll have to kill him yet, he knows too nuich about that Koyal- 
ton afiair. {exit, l..^ 1 e. 

Sing, (follows Thornton l.) Allee samee kill Melican man some 
time. 

Enter, Takemqujck, r. e.. Sing turns. 

Tak. Let me take his life first. {pencil and paper 

Sing. What Melican man want? Who you goin' killee? 

Tak. O ! I ain't going to kill anybody, I just want to take his life. 

Sing, (aside) Melican man allee samee see snakee. 

Tak. But seeing that fellow has gone, I'll just take your life. 

{business with papers 

Sing, (hands up) Poor chinee man allee samee gone this time 
shure. 

Tak. Takemquick is my name, representing the great Equitable 
Life, Fire, and Tornado Insurance Co. Insurance is something that 
every man should carry, a yellow Chinese not excepted. Now then 
John, have you got any money ? 



13 GYP THE HEIRESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

Sing. Chinee man got no money. Melican man better leave, Hop 
Sin^ want to work. 

Tak. Well go to work then, I won't bother you. Siy, don't you 
want money ? 

Sijig. iquicJdtf) Yip ! you bet! Avantee allee money can get. 
You give iwor chinee money '? 

Tak. Well not exactly, but I can put you in tlie way of gettini; 
money. Just take out a" policy of about $20,000 and then you get 
lots of mone}'. 

Sing. Me allee samee take money, you bet! When you get? 

Tak. Whj^, you don't get the money until you die, of course. 

iSing. No get money till then? 

Tak. No of couise not, you don't expect to takeout a policy on 
/^our life and draw the money as soon as the policy is made out, do 
rou? 

Sing. What t the devil chinee man want with money after him 
3ea I ? Melican man try to fool poor chinee. Better git or allee 
samee get smashee in neck with iron. (rai6es iron 

Tak. You study over the policy and I'll be in again this even- 
ing, [exit, w. K. 

Sing, (goes n. for irons) Melican man no foolee poor chinee. 
Chinee man allee sauiee, washee. Melican man allee samje loafee, 
loalee. 

Enter, Gyp and Rachel l., 2 e. 

Rachel Well, I don't see what that woman ever AvanteJ us to 
come to this Chinese's laundry to see her for. Now, if she wantei 
to see ns, why didn't she come to our house and not have us come 
here with heathen Chinese? 

Gyp. Hush ! Ivachel. She said slie could give us some informa- 
tion of Oscar and tell us something about the killinir of Clara. You 
know she is a Sister of Charity, and they have peculiar ideas as well 
as — 

Rachel. Yes, and awful poor ideas too. But since we are here 
I suppose we will have to wait fur her. Gracious! 1 am just com- 
pletely tired out. 1 wonder what that yeliow complected heathen 
would do if I was to sit down and rest awhile? {sits, l. 

Re-enter, SiXG, l. e. 

Sing. What Melican woman want, washee? 

Rachel. Don't come any closer, for goodness sake. 

Sing. No want washee done? Come after washee give me 
checkee. 

Rachel. Gracious! Gyp, let's go before he gets furious. 

Sing. No checkee, no washee? 

Gijp. He thinks that we have come after laundry; Rachel, let me 
explain to him. (to Sing) We don't want any laundry, we come 
here to see a Sister of Charity. 

Sing. Don't know any Sister of Charity, Melican girl better leave 
too muchee bother Hop Sing. Old woman better go too. 

Rachel. Shut up! You old pumpkin colored idiot ! I'll give you 
to understand that I'm not old, sir! 

Gyp. Don't get him mad Rachel, (to Sing) We want to wait liere 
until the Sister comes. We must see her. She sai 1 she would come 
here. Can't we wait in one of these rooms? 



GYP Tim: HEIRESS; OH, THE DEAD WITNESS, IS 

Sing. Can wait in there, (points r., Gyp goes r., Rachel starts 
to follow} Old woman no stay, got too mucliee tongue. Melican 
girl stay; old woman go. 

Rachel. Stand out of the way I 

Sing. Old woman no stny ; got to go. 

Rachel. I'll show you whether I don't stay or not. (chases Sing 
with umbrella; drives him nut l.) I've been in tlie West two months, 
and if I stay two more I'll have the country civilized. (exit, R. 

Re-enter, Sing, l., looks around. 

Sing. Oola ! Melican woman allee samee go after chinee manlikee 
cyclone. 

Enter, Takemqtck, r. e. 

Tak. Well John, here I am back again. As I could'nt catch up 
with that fellow, 1 thought I would just come bick and and take 
your life; as I suppose you have made up my mind tx) take out a 
policy ? 

Sing. I think Melican man got to get out of here. Allee sam'3e 
tell you to go, awhile ago. 

Tak. Now hold on China; don't get excitCtl. Let me tell you 
some of the good points in insurance. 

I Sing. Don't want any good points; want Melican man to have. 
Got too much chin, chin ; too much cheekee; why don't you go? ' 
; Tak. 'Cans. I ain't ready to go yet, I expect to do some business 
with you before I leave. Say John, you'll notice 1 am just chuck 
full of business, and I've got rather a peculiar way of making myselt 
at home wherever I am at, too. (sits down, feet on table) Say. 
Where's your hat rack? Come here and hang up my hat while f 
look over these papers. You hav'nt got a pair of slippers here th; t 
would fit me have you? Now let me see; (looks over papers) je$, 
wrote up that fellow for 1500 and that one for — say yellow, you 
havn't got a cigar about your person, have you ? (looks up 

Si7ig. Sing smokee opium. No smokee toback. 

Tak. Well, I can't smoke opium. Say, are youg iii; to h:m^ up 
my hat? 

Sing. Me no hang hatee; me do \vashee. 

Tak. Why ! Ain't you the slioe black of this establishment? 

Sing. Melican man talkee like fool. (excited 

Tak. Why! sa\' China, you knovv me, don't you? 

Ent.r, Gyp and Rachel, r., 3 e. 

Gyp. O ! excuse me, I heard you talking with some one in here 
and I thought it might be tlu* person we wanted to see. 
Sing. She not come vet, I'.l tell you when she comes. 
Rachel, (shakes Gyp's arm) Sa}^, there is two of them here now. 
(fo Takemquick) Say, are you two fellows brothers? You look 
enough alike to b'^ : do tell now are you? 

Tak. Say, don't you call me a Chinaman, if you please, but we 
will let it pass this time. My name is Takemquick (hands card) 
here take a card; take a couple if you want 'em. I represent the 
Great Equitable Life, Fire and Tornado Insurance Co. Do you carry 
a policy ? 

Rachel. No! nor I don't want a policy, 
. Tak, Then maybe the younger lady would take out a policy. 



U GYP THE HEIHESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS, 



i 



Gyp. Xo sir! I don't care for any insurance, or any insurance 
agents. Come on Rachel. 

Sing. Melican man allee samee make mashee. 

Taic. {gets front of Gyp ojirZ Rachel) Hold on jnst a moment; 
j'ou ought to carry insurance; everybody ought to in tact. 

Gyp. Please stand asitle and let us pass. 

liachel. Let me at him and see how quick he will move! 

Tak. Just a moment ladies, (to Rachel) You ought to carry 
insurance; remember you are advanced in years, you are growing 
old, you are — 

Bachel. How dare you call me old ? 

Gyp. (grabs Rachel's arm) Come on Rachel. 

Tak. Insurance is one of the greatest, grandest and— 

Bachel. I'd like to scratch your eyes out, you — 

Gyp. O ! Rachel, do come on ! 

Tak. Insurance is now and ever will be — 

Bachel. O! shut up! 

Sing, Yi! yi ! tight! tight! yi! yi! yip! yah! 

Enter, Thornton, l. e. 

Thorn. What the devil is all this noise about, (grahs Takemquck) 
what the deuce are you doing":* I'll just throw you our in the street 
and let you sober up. (Gyp and Rachel exit r., 8 e. 

Tak. ' Gently, sir, gentl}^ Let me take your life; just a moment, 
sir, and I will write you out the sweetest policy. 

Thorn. No sir ! out you go. (swings him as if to pitch 

Tak. Let me write you up tirst. 

Thorn, (throws Takemquick oat l.) Don't you ever show your 
face in here again, if you do I'll break yo*ir back for you. (turns) 
Now then Sing, what the — 

Tak. (out L.) Say, tell that Chinaman to throw my hat out 
through the window, will you? 

Thorn, [to Sing) 1 want to know wh:it the devil you mean — 

lak. (sticks head in l.) Say, please mister ujay I come in and 
get my hat? 

Thorn. No ! keep out of here if you don't want a broken head. 

'/ nk. What the (lev.l am I to do for a h.-it? 

Thorn. Do without, curse }^ou, or go and buy a new o lo. 

'j(ih\ Why, that's almost new. I ain't wore it but three > ears. 

Sing, [gets hat and gives Takemquick) Me told Melican man bet- 
ter leave. 

Thorn. Now let me give you a little advice, Mr. — 

'Tak. Takemquick is niy name (hands card) have a cird. I am 
representing" the Great Equitab'e Life — 

Thorn. Nevermind sir! I don't want to know anything about 
your business. I just want to say this, if I ever see you around iiere 
again, there will be a tirst-clas> funeral, and you will be the chief 
actor. Do you understand? 

Tak. O 1 Lord ! and I havu't got a policy on my life ! Goo 1 day ; 
good day, sir! (exit, l. e. 

Thorn. Now Sing, what does this mean? I come b-ick here to 
find this house full of people. Didn't I ted you that I didn't want 
people prying in my business. Who was that feliovv? 

Sing, (shakes head) Don't know. Me told him to leave; wouldn't 
go. Allee samee Melicaii man dead beat I 'soect. 



GTP TEE BEtRESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS, 15 

Thorn. Well, who were those women that went out just as I 
Jame in? 

Sing. Melicans. Come here to see somebody. 

Thorn. The devil! Who did they want to see ? 

Sing. Don't know. 

Thorn. Don't He now. You do know ! 

Sing. Xo lie, no lie, tell truth. 

Thorn. Well, if they come back here before I do, tell them to go 
to the devil ! {exit,^ l. 

Sing. Me tell, you bet. {turna irons; sings) Me keepee littie 
washee shop allee down street. Melican man makee muchee chin, 
chin, him a dead beat. 

Enter, Sister Carmeta, r., 1 e. 

N'ow what devil, Charity Sister want? Me no give money to help 
build church ; too many Melican's around here, you git ! {points r. 

Sister C. I am not begging money to build a church or anything 
else, I am looking for a couple of ladies that were to meet me her^ 
this afternoon — 

Sing. One young? 

Sister G. Yes, one young and good looking. 

Sing. One old? 

Sister C. The same. 

Sing. Regular devil, scratch, pull hair. (imitates. 

Sister C. You should not use such language. Havn't the Mis- 
sionaries taught you that to swear is a sin and the Bible says — 

Sing. Hop Sing no wantee hear lecture. 

/Sister C. Well, but the ladie:^, have they been here? 

Sing. Wep! 

Sister C. Will you tell me where they are now? 

Sing. In there. (points r., 8 e. 

Sister C. Very well, then with your permission I will join them, 

(exit, r., 3 E. 

Sing. Wonder what Melicans all want here with Sin?. I'll see, 
(goes R., 3 e., listens, comes front) yaw% yaw, yaw, ynw yaw, that's 
way voice go. No pusliee, no pullee. Melican gh'^i tongue allee 
samee go like durn Oola, 
i' Enter, Takemquick, l., 1 e., slajis Sing on shoulder. 

Tak. Well John, I'm back again. Just wrote up two more fel- 
lows. Business is rushing I tell you. Now I've come back to take 
you and your laundry. Don't say no, for it won't do any good. 
I'm going to take you any way. If you don't have a policy when 
you (lie, why, then you Mill ''cuss" me lor not making you carry 
about 1500. O ! I know how it works. 

Sing. Work! Melican man no workee, just chin, chin, you allee 
samee dead beat. 

Tak. Say ! Where's that fire eating son-of-a-gun that was going 
to kill me a while ago": Just trot him out and let him kill me. I'm 
all safe enough now. Is he around here anywhere? 

Sing, Yonder he comes now. {points, l. 

Tak. Good-by. I'll see you again after awhile. (extJ, R 

Sing. Yah I yah! Melican man allee samee coward. 

He-enter, Takemquick, r. 
^ak. Who is a coward ? I iust went out to spit» 



16 GYP THE HE IB ESS; OH, THE DEAD WITKESS. 

Enter, Gyp, Rachel and Carmeta, r., 3 e. 

Gyp. Now then, Sister, if you will be kind enough to tell what 
your business is with — 

Tak. One moment p^e.nse. Allow me to make a proposition. 
My time is valuable, and as there are four of you here now that don't 
carry policies, I will write up the four of you at a small reduction. 

Sister C. 1 be«^ pardon, but will you gentlemen grant us this 
room for a short time, ^ye wish to — (Rachel goes l. 

I'ak. Why certahily ! take the room and all that's in it, me and 
the Chinaman too. 

Sing, {raises iron) Melican woman allee samee get smashed. 

Hachel. Yes! I'd just like to catch myself getting smashed by a 
Chinaman 

Sister C. Well, are you gentlemen going to grant our request, 
and leave the room? I wish to convey some intelligence. 

Tak. O! you want to talk things over do you, and you want us 
to leave the room ? 

Gyp. You will let us have the room to ourselves, won't you? 

Tak. And you don't think I could write up about three of you, 
do you ? 

Bachel. You won't refuse a lady, will you? 

2'ak. Xol You bet! I'll take all the ladies I can get. 

Gyp. She means that j-ou will not refuse to leave the room. 

Tak. I can't refui^e a youno- lady, especially a good looking young 
lady. I'll leave and I hope I'll have the honor of taking all of your 
lives in the ''sweet bj'-and-by. (exit r., 1 e. 

Si7ig. Me go too. (aside) Stop just out side the door and hear 
what Melican woman say too. (exit l., 1 k. 

Gyj?. .Now then, will you be kind enough to tell usyour name? 

Bachel. Yes, and for goodness sake! raise that vail. I want to 
see your face. 

Sister C. My true name and my face must remain a mystery for 
the present. You may call me Sister Carmeta. 

Bachel. That's a peculiar name. Why didn't you choose some- 
thing commoner, like Susan or Jane — 

Gyp. Why should a Sister of Charity go under an assumed name? 

Sister C. The reason, you will learn in good time, but I sent for 
you to come here this evening to learn something about Oscar and 
Clara Royalton. 

Gyp. They are both dead, so what more can you tell us? 
- Bachel. Oscar was killed in a railway accident and Clara was — 

Sister C. Burned in the house on Oscar Royalton's cattle ranch 
at Silver City, that's wiiat — 

Bachel. That was an awful fire, I lost a set of false teeth that I 
wouldn't have taken anything for. 

Sister C. Gyp Golden, do you know that you are loosing a fortune ? 

Gyp. Did you send for me to listen to nonsease? I never had a 
fortune. 

Bachel. And she never expects to have one, either. 

Sister C. You are mistaken. You are "Gj'^p, The Heiress" and 
rourfurtune was stolen from you. All your money was held in 
irust by Oscar Royalton and he — 

Gyp. Do you mean to say that Oscar would steal? 

Bachel. Don't you dare accuse my nephew of stealing, (holds 
^ ip liinhrella) That umbrella has been in our family over forty years^ 



GTP THE BEtRESS; OR, THE DEAD WIT^TESS, 17 

/ don't like to part with old relics, but if you dare say that aofain, 
I'll — {flourishing umbrella 

Sister C. I have made no accusation acjainst Oscar. The money 
was held in trust by him. When he went to Cincinnati, he left all 
papers with Clara. 

Gpp. But if what you say is true, why didn't Oscar and Clara tell 
me that I had a fortune in my own name? 
Rachel. Yes, you just tell us that if you can ! 
Sister C. Your father was a very excentric man, Miss Golden, 
and it was his wish that you should remain in ignorance of your 
wealth until your twenty-first birthday, 
Rachel. Gracious! How gauzy. 
(Vyp. But the murder, who committed — 

Sister C. You have a cousin, Philip Darkwood, a "ne'er to do 
(veil," in fact a black sheep, who was supposed to be dead, but was 
not. He learned of your wea th and determined to have it. He de- 
manded the paper? of Clara; she refused to give them up, and rather 
than be balked in his purpose be killed her, secured the papers and 
set tire to the house to hide his crime. 
Gyp. But Oscar? 

Rachel. Yes, Oscar I did Darkwood kill him too? 
iSister C. Oscar is not dead, but held a prisoner by Darkwood in 
Cincinnati. He, Oscar, was called there by a forged dispatch. 
Gyp. Then, what are we to do? 
Rachel. 01 1 wish he was in reach of this umbrella. 

Enter, Sing, l. e. 
Sing. Have to git, Melican man comin.' 

Sister C. 'J'hen let us go. Come to my house with me and I wil/ 
fell you a plan. (exit, r. 

Gyp. (to Sing) We thank j'^ou sir, for the use of this room. 

[exit, R. 
Sing. Allee right. 

Ritchel. Goc)tl-by, oLl pumpkin colored rat trap. {exit^ r. 

Siiuj. Chinee man allee samee eate rat, but he no painte face like 
Meiican woman. {irons 

Enter, Thornton, l., 2 e. 
Thorn. Well Sing, all alone I see. So much the better. I want 
/o have a talk with you — 1 think I can see my way clear now, and if 
1 am not badly mistaken we w ill soon have the Golden fortune in 
our hands. Ah! Sing, you done a good thing when you followed 
Koyalton to Cincinnati and Idt him that crack, over the head with 
the bag of sand. 
■Sivg, Allee samee do what Melican man say. 

Thorn. Of course you did, and you will get paid for it too; and 
Sing, the best thing you did was to get that precious brother of 
yours to keep Royalton a prisoner. In doing that you showed more 
sense than I ever gave you credit of having. 

Sing. Lhinee man got more sense than Melican man any how. 
Thorn. That's a matter of opinion, and I ditl'er with you — but say, 
Sing, I'm our of money again and I want you to give me — 
Sing. No do — no have — me got no money. 

Thorn. 1 didn't ask you for a lie. 1 want some money. Y'ou've 
got it 1 know that. You have given money several times, but 1 
need more, and when we get the Golden fortune, I will pay it all 
buck u»kI more too, but 1 must have a little money. 



18 GTP THE HEtnESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

Sing. No got — putti more money day or two. 
Thorn. Putti more devil or two/ I'll not wait no clay or two. 1 
want the money now, I tell you ! I'll pay it all back when I get olo 
Golden's money, if I succeed — but, p«haw ! it's bound to succeed, 
{musingly) havn't I got all the p.ip •. > i luy possession? 
Sing. How muchee you going to give Sing? 
Thorn. How much? Why, I'll give you $500. 
Sing. $500 ? 

Thorn. Yes, $500. It will make you rich, Sing. 
Sing. I help you stealee $10,000, you give me $500. No do it. 
Want more, {loork this up 

Thorn. AVaut more? How much more? 
Sing. AUee samee want half. 
Thorn. What the devil do you mean? 
Sing. Mean allee samee want half or no helpee. 
Thorn. Why, curse your yellow hide, you'll get no half from me. 
Do you understand that? What the devil has got into you? You've 
gone too far to back out now. 
Sing. Give me half or me tell. 

Enter, Sister Carmeta, r., 3 e., listens. 
Thorn. Tell, thunder! What will you tell? 
Sing. Me knowee. Allee samee hear Charity Sister talk. 
Thorn. Sister of Charity? Who is she? AV^hat the devil did she 
say? 
Sing. Say Melican man write nother man's name to paper. 
Thorn. That's a lie! 

Sing. Not. Him truth. Melican man allee same see "Dead Wit- 
ness" some time. 

Thorn. Bosh I Do you think I am fool enough to think that 
people leave their graves? 

Sing. You see, you do more than that too. You alleee samee 
burn house, too. 

Thorn. That's another lie ! 
Sing. Not lie — truth, all truth, me knowee. 

Thorn. Keep that yellow mouth shut or you will have us both in 
Jail before morning. 

Sing. Don't care. You do more than that. Allee samee kill 
Melican girl. {with force 

Thorn, Curse you I I never killed her. Who said I did? 
Sing, Me. Thornton sta?'fs /or Sing 

Enter, Takemquick, r. 
Tak. Well, if she ain't dead yet let me write her up. I'll write 
out, the sweetest policy. 

Thorn, (draws revolver) You infernal meddling fool, down on 
your knees, and if 3'ou know a prayer say it. (Takemquick on knees 
iiands up, etc.) Now Sing curse you, you've got to die\ {advances 

Sing, {draics knife) Look out, knifee allee samee poison. Meli- 
can man die like dog. 

Sing and Thornton, clinch; they fall; Sinq beneath, Thornton 
raises revolver. Sister Carmeta comes forward. 
Thorn. Now die, curse you. 

iSister C, Philip Darkwood, look up, see the "Wead Witness." 
Sing raises himself on elbow, Tii'^'rnton, bending over Sing, Takem- 
quick kneelina R. front, pr^',^_ ^^.or.,^,^ q^^ pointing at Thorn- 
ton. 

TABLE A V 



GYP THE HETRESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS, IB 

ACT II[. 

SCEXE.— Thornton's law office, box scene, practical door r. 1 e. and 
L. 1 E., table c, chairs R.aml L.,jire place l., Hezekiah enter, l. 

Hez. Sleeping out at night boys, 
Getting on a tight boys, 
For I'm a bnra, a jolly old bum 
I live like a royal Turk. 
If I have good luck in buming my chuck, 
Go way with tl^e man that works — 

Gee whiz, how my head whirls. Two months in the hospital and 
got a sore head yet. If I ever strike the man that hit me with that 
bottle— but there's that "if." I've searched for him in vain for — 

Enter, Thornton, r., 3 e. 

Thorn. Look here, sir, will you be good enough to tell me how 
you got in here? 

Jlez. {points l.) Door. 

Thorn. What do you want? 

Jlez. See the proprietor. 

Thorn. See here my friend, who the devil are you? 

Hez. No body. r 

Thorn. Where do you live? 

Bez. No where. 

Thorn. Where are you going? 

Hez. Any where. 

Thorn. AVhat do you do? 

Hez. Nothing, 

Thorn. Where did j^ou come from? 

Hez. Everywhere. I'll tell you partner, I've been in more 
.strange counties, seen more curious people, eat more queer grub and 
drank more mean whiskey than any man out of jail. 

Thorn. Then you are a common tramp. 

Hez. Yes, sir, I'm nobody^ ain't got a cent. I'm as hard up as a 
spring coon with a broken leg. I'm hungry, dry and in fact I am 
Hezekiah Hopeful, in hard luck and out of a job. 

Thorn, (aside) The kind of a man I need, (aloud) Stay here 
and I will get you something to eat. (exit r., 1 e. 

Hez. Ah ! Si Thornton, I've found you out at last. I've not foi*- 
gotten that lick over the head with a bottle. I'll "camp on vour 
trail." 

Enter, Thornton r., 1 e. 

Thorn. Here is something for you. (sets bread and bottle on table) 
It's the best I've got in the house. 

Hez. (grabs bread) O! give us this day our daily "pie", here'9 
luck, {eats and drinks 

Thorn. You say that your name is Hopeful? 

Hez. (eating) Yep. ( drinks) 

Thorn, You are the fellow that stole a coat in Leadville. 

Hez. (quickly) No sir I don't know anything about it. It was 
iiot me. (drinks 

Thorn, It was yon too. The coat was worth $20. 

Hex. Twenty dollars, thunder I I've got on the verv coat. Dc 



so GYP TBB HE IB ESS; OU, THE DEAD WITKESS, 

yon think this is worth $20 ? 

lliorn. Ah ! I thouo^ht I knew yoii. 
ITez. (aside) But not as well as I know 3'on. 
Thorn. Look here, I am in need of a mm here in my office, and I 
Oelieve you are the man I want. I ,i .1 .1 1 r.vyer — 
Hez. Is your name Marks? 

Thorn. This is not Uncle Tom's Cabin, you fool. 
Jlez. AYell you look a o;ood deal like Uncle Tom. 
Thorn. You are not just right in the upper stor^^ are 3^011? 
Hez. No! I some times liave lits, caused by getting struck over 
the liead with a bottle. 

Thorn, {quickhj) What's that? 

Hez. I said the whiskey was running low in this bottle. 

{drinks 

Thorn. You will get more when that's gone. Say, listen tome 

—to make a long story short, if you will stay here and do what I tell 

you to, I'll see that you won't loose anytliing by it — is it a barg.un? 

Hez. Don't know but what I go you once. That's what I call a 

snap — I'm yours. 

Thorn. Then stay here until I come hack. But mind you, if I 
see anything crooked about you. (shoios revolcer 

Hez] Hold On, put that up. Tiie}- sometimes goes oft' when they 
ain't loaded. 

Thorn, (aside) A perfect fool. Nothing to fear from him. 
(aloud) Pshaw! 1 am not going to shoot you. 
Hez. I know that, but you might throw it. 

Thorn. If a young lady calls during my absence, tell her to call 
this afternoon. (exit l. 

Hez. I'll make love to her till you come back, (seated) Now 
this is what I call luck. Find the very man I am looking for and 
get to stay in his ofliee. Hopeful you've camped on the right trail 
this time. 

Enter, Takkmquick, r. 

Tak. Let me take your life. 

Hez. Wa-wa-what ! 

Tak. I've come to take your life. 

Hez. Wan't anything else do you ? 

Tak. No! sir, I am going to take you. (business with paper 

Hez. Well, wait till I wrap up this bread and finish getting on 
the out side of the contents of this bo;tle, and 1 guess I'm ready. 

Tak. 'J'akemquick is my name sir. I represent the Great Equi- 
table Life, Fire and Tornado Insurance Co. of — 

Hez. Life Insurance, gosh ! (aside) I thought he Wiis another 
man altogether, (aloud) Say, you remember the way you come in 
here, don't you? VVell, it's still open. Git! (advances. 

Tak. What are you going to do ? 

Hez. .Going to paint an Italian sunset under your eye. 

(busi)iess 

'Tak. Hold on ! now, don't use brute force, but let us argue the 
matter. Now — 

Hez. No sir I I am in the decorative business now. If you don't 
want a Fresco done on your cheek, you git! 

(pushes Takemquick out r. 

Tak. (out R.) I'll write you up if it takes a leg. 

fiez, I thought he would get a got on him. (seateci 



'GYP THE HEIRESS; OR. THE DEAD WITNESS, Si 

Enter, Gyp, l., 1 e. 

Gyp.. IsMr. Thornton in? 

lies, l^ohe's— {looks up) What! Gj^p Golden? 

Gi/p. Hopeful! You here? 

Hez. Yes, I'm here, but what are j'Oii doing here? 

Gyp. Kather let me ask you the same question. I didn't suppose 
you'would ever show your face again in this part of the country, 
iifter acting the coward an I deserting us at the very liour our 
trouble began. 

Hez. Now, let me tell you about that Miss Gyp— you see I got a 
crnck over tlie head with a bottle the night the house burned down— 

Gyp. But why didn't you comeback? You didn't seem to care 
\\hether we were dead or not. 

Hez. Well I'll tell you; I was the only man around there; they 
mi^ht have had some suspicions that I done the work, and then do 
you know what would have happened? Why, they would have put 
:i ro DC around my neck, threw the rope over a limb, and then as the 
musicians say, I would have done a difheult execution on one string. 

Gyp. Yes, but you might have come after the excitement died 
down. Oscar left you in charge of his cattle ranch. Do you think 
tliat you have done j^our duty? 

Hez. I laid in the hospital two months with a sore head ; when I 
got out I went to Silver City in search of you, but you had gone no 
one knew where. Clara and Oscar was both dead, so the people at 
the ranch told me, so I started to tind the fellow that struck me over 
the head with that bottle — 

Gyp. And 1 suppose you will Keep on hunting and tramphig all 
the rest of your lite ? 

Jiez. Not much ! For I have found my man, and now I'm going 
to help you get back all your money. 

Gyp. Keally. Mr. Hopeful! Well, your valuable assistance will 
iiave to be declined. You are a little late with your ofter, and besides 
my liwyer, Mr. Thornton, is doing all that can be done to retrieve 
w hat money i did have, and by the way you may tell him that — 

Hez. [rises) Good God I did you trust Si Thornton? He is the 
svorst enemy you have got. 

(jyp. Wiiat! You must be crazy or drunk. Stand aside and let 
/ne pass ! 

Hez. I'll not! Gyp Golden, listen tome. The man who mur- 
('ered Clara and Osc;ir, set fire to the house, stole your fortune, and 
cracked me over the head with that bottle, is Philip Darkwood. 

Gyp. Well, I know that sir ! and if that is all you have to say, let 
me pass ? 

Hez. But that isn't all, Darkwood and Thornton is one and all 
the same person. 

Gyp. AVhatI Good heavens ! What do you mean. Speak! Don't 
stancl there like a dummy. Say something; why do you make such 
charges against Mr. Thornton? You must be mad. 

Hez. 1 thought I'd st.u'tle you, but it's the truth and I've got a 
scheme to beat hiui. 

Gyp. O! What am I to do? I thought I had found a friend. 
What is to become of me, cast upon the world, friendless, penniless, 
lather, mother, Iriends, everything!: gone. I can beg, starve or die 
and what dillerenee w ill it make to anyone. 

Bez. Don't talk about dying; rather think about living. To die 
is the last thing you will ever do. 



tfS GYP THE HE IB ESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

Gyp. But what is there for me to live for? Not one thing. 0! 
why can't the happy days of the past be recalled? 

Hez. Because that ain't natural, and then besides there will be 
just as happy and bright days in the future as there has been in the 
past. 

Gyp. But not for me, I am a homeless, friendless wanderer. 
Hez. Gyp, listen to me. I am a tramp I know, but I am not de- 
void of all honor, and I swear that I will see you righted. I will 
restore your lost fortune. I only ask you to trust rae a few days. 
I swore to be revenged on Thornton, and f will keep ray oath. 

Gyp. O ! will you be my friend? I need a friend so much. I be- 
lieve I can trust you. I never can thank you enough for the en- 
couraging words you have spoken to rae. 

Hez. Sp:ire your thanks until I have earned them and let me 
give you a good motto — treat every man as a thief until he has proven 
himself to be honest. Miss Gyp, you are surrounded by enemy's on 
.•ill sides; here take this {hands revolver) and defend yourself. You 
have lived on a ranch long enougii to know how to use it. Now 
then j'ou must go before Thornton comes back. (Gyp goes l.) 
Wait, have you any money ? 

Gyp. Not a cent in tlie world. I pawned ray last piece of jewelry 
— a ring that Oscar gave rae — for money enough to — 

Hez. Good heavens! and to think that you are "Gyp, The Heir- 
ess" to. Here {takes out money) here is five dollars, all I have, now don't 
refuse, take it, I wisli it was more, it will keep you from starving, 
take it and don't mind about rae, I'll get along without it, I always 
have lived up to date. Now go. 

Gyp. 01 Hopeful, I never can thank you — 
I Hez. Never mind about that but go. Trust in rae for a few 
(Ihvs and everything will eorae out all right; now go. {shows her 
(nit L.) Ah! ihiugs are working, {rubs hands) and now for a little 
work on ray book, {produces manuscript) when it is finished I'll live 
in style, for it will be a master piece of fiction. I'll make the tears 
course down the cheek that is seamed and furrowed by the lines of 
care. I'll make the tear course down the cheek that is rudy with the 
warrath and glow of youth and — hold on Hopeful j'ou are getting 
poetical and that won't do, but she will be agreat bookjust the same. 
I've got an elegant title for my great piece of fiction : "Fatal Eft'ects 
ot Love in a Cottage." Ah! that's a taking title. Now let me see, 
where did 1 leave off, yes here it is, {reads) "Slie was sitting under 
the tall, stately elms, in the rustic seat, her beautiful golden brown 
hair falling to liei' waist like a cataract of pure gold." now {writes) 
"The balmy southern zephyrs was fanning her highly colored marble 
like cheek; her trim waist was encircled with a sash of beautiful 
azure blue ribbon ab;)Ut fourteen inches wide; the sun, like a great 
firey ball, was hanging high in the heavens and sheddinghis dazzling 
lighton hergoklen brown hair, wliile the pale beams from thesilvery 
moon — hold on Hoj^eful, the sun and the moon won't w^ork together. 
Now, how will 1 fix that. I can't keep her sitting on that bench till 
rundown, O! yes, I have it, {writes) "her beautiful golden brown 
hair in its splendor out shone the blinding brilliancy of the sun and 
the silvery light of the pale moon. Over head, the blue birds were 
carroling forth their overture to the declining da}^, while — 
7\ik. {out L.) Tiie villain still persued her. 

Hez. No he didn't either, that's old and then besides the villaia is 
over in New York. Now — 



GYP THE HEIMESS; 07?, TEE DEAD WITNESS. 35 

Enter, Takemquick, l. 

/iidn't I tell 5-011 not to come back here again? 

Tak. I just want to argue the case with yon and prove the good 
points of insurance. You don't know what moment you may be in. 
an accident. Why, just think of the Johnstown flood and — 

Hez. They had a bigger accident than that over in ^Milwaukee 
the other dav — big brewery destroyed — 

Tak. How many lives lost? 

Hez. Lives! There wasn't anj^ but there was five thousand kega 
of beer lost. 

Tak. Pshaw I What's that got to do with insurance? Let me 
tell you instu-aiice is one of the greatest, grandest and most noble 
thoughts o. man, and the great i^quir.able is the greatest company of 
them all. We have a paid up capital of $2^000,000. We pay all losses 
quicker — 

Hez. Say! You ought to run a sausage factory. 

Tak. Sausage factory ? ^Vhy so? 

Hez. 'Cause, you could furnish all the stuffing for nothing. 

Tak. You havn't got the least bit of poetry about you. There is 
no more of the sublime about you, then there is about a grindstone, 

Hez. Poetiy! What do you know about poetry ? 

Tak. Why, sir! 1 used to write poetry. I wrote one beautiful 
i)'ece, all about the beautiful, beautiful spring. 

Hez. Are you going to "spring" it on us now? 

Tak. Listen, and 1 will recite a verse or two of it. {attitvdQ 

In Spring-time the school girl sklppeth and the small boy tools 

his bazoo. 
The flowers bloom and the pigeons bill and coo — 

Hez. The goslings twitter and the bridal couples swarm. 
'Jlie hopetul hayseed puts a mortgage on his farm. 
Tak. The tirst fly of spring to the air spreads his wing; 
* For warmer is growing the weather, 

While roaming about, another thaws out, 
They meet and fly oti" together — 

Hez. To a playhouse they went on forage intent ; 
The people there present did scan. 
One fly to the other, laughingly said, 
Get on to the ball-headed man. 

Tak. 1 haven't the least hesitation in saying that you are the 
6iiroest fool in the R( «;ky Mountains. 

Hez. Well, I thought so myself until you came. 

Tak. If you wms back in Maine where I came from — 

iff?. What I You come from Maine? Well, so did I, shake. 

(shake hands 

Tak. What part of Maine are you from? 

Hez. O! 1 come from the West part. {shakes 

Tak. So did L I came from Saddle-back Mountains. 

Hez. I am from Hun >y Hollow, close to lake Mooselock Magun- 
tic, two miles from the Post Office, and feel as though I had known 
you for years. 

Tak. "^Well, so do I, shake again. (shakes 

Hez. Suppose we form a trust of ourselves, you write up their 
lives and I'll write out their wills. 



e4 GYP THE HEIHESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

Tak. Shake— we will do the brother act from now on. 

{music, join hands, go front, both sing 

Both. Then here we are the skeleton twins; 

We just have happened along. 

Tak. I've been in jail. 

Hez. And so have I, 

Both. We never done anything wrong. 

Tak. The}^ put uie in for being too short; 

Hez. And me for being too long. 

Both. Then here we are twins. 

We seem as though we are on needles and pin?. {dance 

Enter, Thornton, r., 1 e., Orchestra discontinue, Hezkkiah and 
Takemquick run out l. 

Thorn. AVhat the devil docs all this noise mean? Do you want 
to have the whole town here? 

Enter, Sister Car.meta r. 

Who tlie dickens are you, and what do you want? >Vh;it are you 
here for? '■ 

Sister C. To avenge the loath of Clara Royalcon; to right Gyp 
Golden. 

Thorn. What do you mean, woman? 

Sister C. Coward I JMurdererl can you stand there and ask th.-d 
question? Your race is nearly over, Pliilip DarUwooil. 

Thorn, [aside) Heavens! what can she mean; h;is ni}- crime 
been discovered? {aloud) You know me by that nanie? 

Sister C. Your crimes are known — "lorger, thief, murderer."' 
Ah ! you trembie; wliere is your boasted bravery ? AViiy don't you 
shoot, you miserable coward ? 

Thorn. Curse you, / icill shoot! {shoots 

Sister C. (throtcs bullet on stage; laughs) Hal ha I tr}' again. 

Thorn. Who in the tiends name are you? 

Sister C. The "DeadlWitness" PhdipDarkwood, this isthesecoml 
zime you liave seen me; beware ot the tliirtl time, lor that will be the 
day of reckoning. {exit, r. 

Thorn. Heavens! I believe that mysterious Sister of Charity lius 
made me nervous. Who in the name of all that's goo I and ba \\ ca'i 
she be? She knows me and my. only chance ot safety is in flight. 
1 hate to leave Koyalton's money, but there is no other way. I liave 
the Golden fortune, {(okes papers out of pocket) but 1 wanted lioya.- 
ton's mone\^ too, but it will take time to get that and time is wiiat 1 
haven't got. I'll lock these papers up; I don't leel sate incairrying 
lliem any longer. {atarts l. 

Enter, Hezekiah, l., scared; arrow sticking through hat. 

What's the matter with you? Where are you going? 

Ilez. Let me out! L'.;t: me out! I'll not stay in this country any 
lon^ier. Let me go, et •. 

Thorn. 1 will not let you go until you tell what is the matter. 
What have you seen? 

Hez. Injuns! injuns! injuns! 

Thorn. Psiia.v 1 There are no Indians around livre. It was your 
iina 'ination. 



GYP THE HEIRESS; OB, THE BEAD WITN-ESS, So 

Hez. Wasn't either; it was Indians. I saw them. 

Thorn. But I tell you there isn't a hostile Indian within one- 
hundred miles of here, Imagination, sir. 

Hez. Imao-ination the— (^a^s off hat; sees arrow) there! there I 
there ! you don't call that a cupid's arrow do you ? 

Thorn. 1 want to lock some papers in my desk, then I will talk 
to you. (exit, l. 

Hez. (holds itp arrow) Imagination, the devil. I never seen ima- 
gination with ft-athers on it before. 

Be-enter, Thornton l., Jcei/s in hand. 

Thorn. Hopeful, how would you like to leave here (put kei/s in 
out-side coat pocket) and go to, well say Canada. I am thinking of 
leaving this part of the country. How wo c- 1 1 you like to go with 
me? You shan't loose a = y thing by .o:oing. 

Hez. (steals kei/s out of TnoR:sT6y^s pocket) Gosh! yes; that jus:: 
suits me. AVhen do you want to go? 

Thorn. AVe will start in the morning. 1 will go down town to 
arrange some business. Don't tell anyone that we are going away, 
mind you. (exit, k. 

Hez. (examines kens) Ah ! that's the idea that will let me in that 
desk; now for Gyp Golden's fortune. Si Thornton, stand from un- 
der for something is going to drop with a dull, sickening Ihu I. 
l.ook out Hoi^eful. (puts keys in pocket 

Re-enter, Thornton, l. 

Thorn. What the devil are you doing? 

Hez. Gosh! did you see that r.\t? Rat ran down there bigger 
ilrin a dog. 

Thorn. Traitor! What nre you hiding in that pocket? 

Hez. Nothing. I was after "my revolver. I was going to shoot 
(hat rat. 

y fiorn. That's a lie! You don't carry a revolver in that pocket. 

Hez. (draws large revolver) Yes, I do too! Look out, I've got a 
•oii-of-a-gun here ihat kicks like a mule. I know, for I raised it 
Iromacolt. (calls) Takemquick! 

Enter, Takemquick, l. e. 

Thorn. What the devil do you mean? 

Hfz. Business! Takemquick, write this fellow up quick. 

Tak. Only too glad I assure you. (business 

Thorn. What are you going to do? 

Hez. Going to knock the bung out of your beer reservoir. Are 
.\ ou ready Takemquick? 

Tak. (writes) liCt's see, age about 35 ; height, about six feet; 
color — um — color — 

Hez. Oh ! coflee color. (T'o.QJi.y.TO^, slips forward 

Tak. Eyes are — yes they are — 

Htz. Green, can't you see. Have you got that all down? 
(Thoi!Nton <7?'a6s Hezekiah's revolver, exit) Tliunder, he is gone ! 
Go, gi t him Takemquick. 

Tak. No sir! He has got a gun and he is ju:t the kind of man 
to lay for a feller too. 1 think I'll leave, (exit. Hezkkiah) D.iin 
this country anyhow, they live too fast for me. I long for the green 
hills of Maine, and I am going there too. (exit, r. 



•5 GYP THE HEIRESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

Re-enter, Hezekiah, l. e., papers in hand. 

Hez. There, he stole my gun and I've stole the papers that claim 
-T.vp's fortune, and L guess we are about even. Now what wdl I do 
.virh that wad of mannscript? I don't want to carry it in my pocivet 
— O ! I know what to do; there is a loosebriclc in that fire-place. I'll 
lide the papers there, {(joes to fire-place) jnst the fit. {come front) 
There, that's chapter two. Now for my novel. 

Enter, Thornton, r. 

Thorn. Heavens I I've been robbed ; my pockets picked; my keys 
jone — 

II(;z. Who done it? 

Thorn. How the devil do I know? A bunch of keys have been 
Jtolen from me. (aside) Now I must break open that desk and see 
if everything is safe. 

Enter, Oscar, r. e., disguised. 

Oscar. Ah ! Si Thornton. I've found you at last have I? 

{both draw revolvers 

Hez. Hold on gentleman, hold on, I want my novel. {<^eti manii- 
ficript from table, Thornton l., ejmmines revolver; Oscar r., examines 
revolver) Say! if you fellows are bound to kill one another, let mo 
tell yon a way that's not so barbarous. Here, I've got the nicest set 
of paste-boards {holds up deck of c<irds) you ever saw. Now you 
fellers play a game of Euchre, and the one that gets beat dies. 

Oscar, (to Thornton) What do you say to that, have you the 
nerve ? 

lliorn. AVho the devil are a'Ou ? 

Oscar. That doesn't matter; answer my question, will you play? 

II( s. {t> Thornton) Play him, play him, it's a dead sure thing. 

Thorn. Yes, I'll play you. (seated Oscar r., Thornton l., 
Hezekiah back of table) Deal the cards. 

Hez. Now gentleman, a fair :-quare game. 

Thorn. All I hearts is trumps. (they play 

Oscar. Yes. but spades wiil soon be your trump. 

Hcz. Don't get excited now boys. (picks up revolvers unseen 

Oscar. Ah ! At your old tricks again ; you are cheating. 

Thorn. I didn't. {work this up 

Oscar. Tliai'saJiel You did! 

Thorn, {reaches across table, p nils off Osc All's beard) Ah ! curse 
you. I thought I knew you. I swore to kill you — 

Oscar. And I took the same oath to kill j'o'u. 

Thorn. Now die, curse you. " (reaches for revolver 

Hez. (presents tivo revolvers) Boys you are euchred, I've go 
both bowers. 

TICT UBE—SL OW C UR TAIX, 

END OF ACT III. 



ACT IV. 

SCEXE.—^Same as Act III. Rachel seated r., Hezekiah l. oj 

stage. Curtain up to quick music. 

Rachel. Ah ! Mr. Hopeful, I believe everything will corae out all 
light yet. 



91 i* THE HEIRESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS, S7 

Hez. O! I don't know. A river ahv.iys S3ttles liefore it clears, 
and everything else does the same. 

Rachel. You never settled your board bill b3fore you cleared the 
last town, did you? I had a dream last night and [ always thouglit 
there were a great deal in dream-:. I know lots of people that has 
had dreams that turned out just as the dream was, and my dream 
was that I was in Heaven — 

Hez. Well, why didn't you stay? What did you come back for? 

Rachel Ah! Everything looks brighter this morning. There, 
JVlr. Hopeful, didn't you see that burst of sunshine? 

Hez. Xo! I didn't see anything "bust" but my heart. 

Rachel. Gracious! You surprise me. What's the matter? 

Hez. Oh! Love! love! 

Rachel, (aside) I wonder if it is catching. I believe I'll stay an 1 
risk it. (aloud) I'll tell you the best thing you can do for a case of 
love. 

Hez. What! get married? 

Rachel. No! go down to the drug store and take a pint of pure 
£0(1 liver oil. 

Hez. O! r am too far gone for cod liver oil. 

Rachel. Well, uho is the person that has captured your heart? 

Hez. Wh5% don't you know ! 

Rachel. 1 haven't the faintest suspicion. 

Hc^. >Vhy, it's you ! 

Rachel. Me? 01 goodness, I believe I'll faint. 

Hez. O ! don't, please don't ! 

Rachel. I won't; but go on. 

Hez. Don't you think we could organize a trust just between 
Ourselves? Say now don't you? 

Rachel. Why, l-I-I-doU't know; would you quit drinking? 

Hez. Yes. (slips chair towards Kachel 

Rachel. Gambling and all your bad habits. 

Hez. Tes. (slips chair 

Rachel. Always do just as I say ? 

Hez. Yes. ' (slips chair 

Rachel. liCt me do just as I please? 

Hz. Yes. 

Kachel goes up stage and reads note, then comes down center of stage 

Rachel. Well no, Mr. Hopeful, if you would do all that, I tiiink 
you are most too soft for me. 

Hez. And is that your answer? 

(sliyps c. and falls over Kachel's chair 

Rachel. Yes — well you come to me when you have $5000 and I 
A'ill talk to you. (puts note in pocket 

Hez. Five thousand dollars, (whistles) Say, wouldn't $5 do as 
M-ell? 

Rachel. Why do you ask me that? (Rachel rises 

Hez. 'Cause, I believe 1 could get $5, but not $5000. 

Enter, Gyp, l. e., reading note. 

Gyp. ''Be sure to come by 8 o'clock; it is necessary that you 
should be there" — what can these notes mean — 

Rachel. Why ! good morning Gyp, but what are you so interested 
iij— a letter ? 



28 GYP THE HEIBESS; OR, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

Gyp. T hardly know what to think. I received two notes request- 
ino;^ my presence liere — 

Hez. I'll bet old "Willie Whiskers" is up to more devilment. 

Rachel, {to Gyp) Tliat's strange, for 1 received two notes asking 
me to come here — 

Gijp. There is no name signed to either of tliera. I can't under- 
stand — 

Rachel. Neither can I ; taking all together it is the strangest thing 
I ever knew of. Now here is my note — 

[shot L., Rachel and Gyp retreat R. 

Gj/p. What can be the meaiiing of that? 

Thornton staggers in l., falls c. of stage. Enter, Oscar in disguise^ r. 

Hez. "Willie Whiskers" by thunder; now what the — 

Oscar. What's the meaning of this? What did that shot mean? 
Speak man, you are not dumb I 

Thorn. Fool ! Can't you see that I am dying? 

Gyp. What! dying? 

Oscar. Dying! What are you talking about? 

Thorn, {holds up hand covered with blood) See! That cursed 
Chinaman has done for me at last. He swore to have revenge and 
the yellow dog has kept his oath — 

Hez. Well life is an awful uncerlain disease. 

Rachel. And the "wages of sin is death." 

Hez. When are you going to draw your salary? 

Oscar, {to Thornton) Shall 1 get you a physician? 

llwrn. Physician! No! [ can die soon enough without any 
meddling — {sharply) Curse you, why don't you leave? Why do you 
stand here like a crowd of gaping idiots? 

Enter, Sister Carmeta, l. e. 

Sister C. Philip Darkwood, I have come to keep my promis e — 

Thorn. You! Curse you, why do you come to see me die? I 
suppose you will be satisfied when you know I am dead. 

Si.ster C. 1 told you, you would see me three times and that the 
third time would be the day of reckoning between us. Where is Gyp 
Go. den's fortune? {loork this up 

7 horn. Who in the devils name are you? 

Sister C. {raises veil) See for yourself. 

Thorn, (falls back) My God ! back— from— the— grave— 

Gyp. {runs forward) Oh! Clara! 

Oscar. What! Not dead ! It can't be possible! 

Hez. Well I'm a son-of-a-gun. 

Rachel. 1 knew it ! I knew things would come out all right. I 
said things looked brighter, and it was all on account of that dream 
too. 

Thorn, {raises arm) My crime has found me out; my race is 
run; with all my plotting and sclieming I have lost the Golden for- 
tune. 1 played for high stakes— 

Clara. And you've lost. 

Hez. Yes, he will "cash out looser" in this game. 

Rachel. Poor man. I can sympathize with him. 

Thorn. K -p your sympathy for those that want it. (to Clara) 
My evil star must have been shining, for all my schemes have been a 
tlat failure. In my mad race for money I failed to kill you, {to Oscar) 
and you have escaped by the aid of a traitor. 



GYP THE HEIRESS; OR, THE DEAD WlTiYESS. Si 

Oscar, Yes, the Chinaman proved a traitor to you, but a friend 
to me, and at last justice has — 

Thorn. Don't talk to me of "justice," Oscar Ro yalton— 

Gyp. Oscar Royalton ? 

Oscar, {takes off beard) Yes,. Oscar Royalton ! 

Hez. {to Rachel) More dreams old lady. 

Rachel. O ! shut up, and quit calling me old. 

Oscar, {leads Gyp forward) Philip Darkwood look up, let me 
introduce my wife. 

Clara. Your wife ! 

Thorn, "What do you mean by introducing a farce at this stage of 
the drama ? 

Oscar. Simply what I said. It was Anson Golden's wish that I 
should marry Gyp on her 21st birthday, or sooner if her enemy's 
tried to defraud her of her fortune. We were secretly married three 
months ago, just a few days before your forged dispatch reached me 
calling me to Cincinnati. 

Rachel. O! I knew it! I knew it! 

Hez. More dreams! Moie dreams! 

Thorn. My time is short, I am slowly bleeding to death as you see, 
but before I go, I want to s.iy this — Gyp Golden, as I shall still call 
you, I planned to steal your fortune but failed, for my keys were 
stolen yesterday and my desk rifled of its contents, and among them 
were all the papers that belonged to you. 1 will die with the know- 
ledge that you will never have the beneflt of the money I schemed to 
hard to get. I have lost my spirits but— 

Hez. Well here ! {hands flask) I have some left. 

Thorn, {takes flask) Listen to my toast — 

"Then stand to your glasses steady, 

This world is a world of lies; 

I drink to the dead alread\'. 

And hurrah! for the next that dies." (Dante) 

(to Hezekiah) Assist me. (Hezekiah helps him rise, go r., turns) 
Here is my parting to you — 1 say : "Curse you ! Curse yo i all." 

{fxii lu stow music 

Rachel. Gracious! that makes me nervous ! 

Gyp. He can't be in his right mind. 

Oscar. No one in their right mind would drink the "devils toast." 

Gyp. I think some CKpl inations should be made now. 

Rachel. Yes, so do 1. When two people, supposed to be dead, 
ooth come around alive an.l well, 1 think it \vill require a great deal 
of explanations. 

Oscar. 'J'hen I will commence flrsr — The dispatch 1 received call- 
ing me to the East, was a clever forgery of Darkwpods; Hop Sing, 
a Chinaman in the employ of DarkwoOil, dog;edmy steps and struck 
me with a sand bag, tlien 1 was removed to an obsi'ure part of the 
city and held a close prisoiier. Dark woo I and the Chin.iman quar- 
reled ; the Chinamaii released me and told me where to find Dark- 
wood, and to make a long story short, 1 did find Darkwood yes- 
terday^; we had some words, the servant interfered; I Jeft \n search 
of Gyp, but failed to lind her and returned here this morning, and 
you know the result. Now then, Clara, let us iiear your story for 1 
know it must be a strange one. 

Clara. It is a strange story, but to commence at the beginning — 
When Darkwood struck me with the knife that night I tainted, and 



so GYP THE HEIHESS; OB, THE DEAD WITNESS. 

when my senses returned I found that the house was on fire and 
liable to fall in any moment. I thouo:ht of the trap door leading to 
the cellar. I was very weak from loss of blood, but managed to 
crawl to the trap, raise it and lower myself into the cellar, then I 
managed to get through the undnr-ground passage leading to the 
cyclone cellar, where I sta\'-ed until the next day. I knew that 
ever}^ one tht^ught me deail, and I thought that L could do more to- 
ward restoring the papers that Dark wood «tole from me, by letting 
him think I was dead, I took the garb of a Sister of Charity, and 
plaved upon Darkwood's superstitious fears with what success you 
all know. 

Eachel. Well, evm'vthing is coming out just like a novel or a 
play. Now, if they would just get married and live happily ever 
after — but I forgot, you are married ain't you? 

Gyp. Yes, but everything is not all right, think of that poor man 
having to die. 

Bachel. Rubbish I Let him die, and if he don't find a warmer 
climate than this, I miss my guess, that's all. 

Oscar. Gyp, it is too bad io think that after all we should have to 
loose your fortune. 

Enter, IIezekiah, r. 

Hrz, Who said the fort\me wa* lost? 

Clara. Why. we all say so. The papers were stolen from me and 
in turn stolen from Dnrkwood — 

He:s. Gyp, didn't I say I would be a friend to you ? Course I did 
and I meant what I said. My word is just as good a5 my note any 
day. 

Rachel. That's poor sc^curity. 

Oscar. What do you mean? Do you know anything of the stolen 
papers ? 

Hez. Gosh ! Yes, I stole them myself, (goes to fire-place and gets 
papers) 'J'here, see if they are all right. [hands them to Oscar. 

Oscar. Yes, every one of them are all right. Hopeful you de- 
serve mo'e than thanks, I have a proposition to offer 3'ou. 

Hez. Well "spring it" 1 can stand anj^thing. 

Oscar. How would you like to have Ijalf interest in my cattle 
ranch at Silver Cit\'? 

Hez. Oh! What's crawling on you? 

Oscar. 1 mean just what I say. [ shall sfive you half interest. 

Hez. (io Rachel) Sav. how would half interest in a cattle ranch 
catch you. As well as $5000? 

Bachel. I don't know, it will take time to decide. 

Heg. How long a time? 

Bachel. O ! a long time. 

Hez. A month ? 

Bachel. (sharply) Nol 

Hez. A week? 

Bachel, Ko! 

Hez. A day ? 

Bachel. N-n-no. 

Hez. (io Oscar) I'll take the ranch. I've got her a-goin'. {to 
Rachel) Then how long will it take? 

Bachel. O! A long time. 

Hez. Well, how long? 

Bachel. Why, it will take five minutes. 

Hefi, (to Ohcau) Say, have you got a watch? Time her, 



GYP THE HEIRES:^; OR, THE DEAD WITN'ES^. Sj 

Oscar. Gyp — Clara, make your arrano^ements to start for the 
East by morning, for I know you will not want to stay in a place 
where you have seen so much trouble and suffering. What do you 
say. Gyp? 

Gyp. I leave that with you, Oscar. 

Clara. I say go, for I never could be content here again. 

Oscar. Then, hurrah I for the East. We start in the morning, 
find we will leave without a sigh of regret— "Gyp the Heiress" is no 
more, but Gyp Koyalton, novv. 

Hez. («o Rachel) Times up. Don't take five minutes long to 
pass. Give me your answer, will you take me and the cattle ranch Y 
Hurry up, I want to rejoice a little on my own account. 

'Rachel. Give me a minutes grace. I don't want to decide too 
quick. 

Gyp, {to Clara) You have proven yourself to be a true friend 
to me as well as the others. 1 can never thank you enough — 

Oscar. Ah ! Hyp, we will always remember the timely assistftnce 
of the "Dead Witness." 



CURTAIN. 

THE END. 



*^ NUGGET NELL;^ 



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Cl aim Ninety-six . 

A Border Drama in 5 acts, for 8 male and 5 female char- 
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SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 



ACT I. -The Land of Gold. 

iScene /— Toomstone, a mining town in California. Jerry Mack's saloon. Guy 
Lester, king of counterfeitors. Nugget Xell. The toast. Claim "W6". The meanest 
man. A. plan to steal Charley Grey's dust. Arrival of Major Dolittle, from Ken- 
tuck. Nell and the Major. A love scene, which ends in "gin and peppermint." 

Scefie II. — Charley Grey and Mack. Ebony, the boot black. Ebony's advice. Guy 
Lester, the octoroon. Toomstone quiet. "Slaves, runaway niggers." Ebony keeps 
his eyes open. 

Scene III. — Sacramento Joe and Nugget Nell. Nell's history. The little black 
book. Nell locks Sacramento Joe in the cellar. Bell and Mack. Guy discovers 
Mack's secret. "Nigger whippar, slave driver." The quarrel. Sacramento Joe. 
"Don't pull boys, I've got the drop on ye. and T don't give a cuss." 
ACT II.-Home of Bell Mack. 
Scene T. — Nell's advice. Ebony teiis Nell of the raid to be made on Charley Grey's 
cabin. "Nus"get Nell will be on deck to-night."' "I goUy, dis chile will be dar' too." 
Scene 11. — Mack's bad luck. A compact of crime sealed. Nugget Nell on the war- 
path. Ebony's fright, "Now I — I — lay me down." 

Scene ///.—Charley Grey's cabin. Mack and Guy searching for the gold dust. 
Timely arrival of Nell and Ebony. "Throw up your hands or you are dead men." 
Escape of the robbers. Sacramento .Joe, "I don't care a cuss." 

ACT III.— Arthur Brandon's Home. 
Scene I. — The lost child. A living trouble. Bessie Grey deposits the gold dust in 
Mr. Brandon's safe. Guy Lester interviews Mr. Brandon in regards to the Grey's 
gold. 

Scene II. — Peterson, the apple sass man from Vermont, in search of a meal. Ebony 
and Peteison. Snubbed by Bessie. "Squashed, tetotally squashed." 

Scene III. — Mack and Guy congratulate themselves on their escaping Nell's bullet. 
"Charley Grey's Avife will run ToomstOQC. Peterson and his four barrels of apple sass. 
"Polly Ann Spriggins.'' Peterson proposes to Nugget Nell. The game of cards, 
Bessie Grey interrupts the game. The way to Vermont. The wife beater. Mack faces 
Nugget Neil's rifle the second time. 

jScene /r.— Peterson, "a thin pair of pants and a light heart." Murder of Sacra 
mento Joe. Nugget Nell on the war path. 

Scene F.— The safe robbery and murder of Mrs. Brandon. Nugget Nell arrives on 
the scene 

ACT IV.-Gold Dust Saloon. 
Scene /.—Ebony and Nell. Arrest of Nugget Nell for the murder of Mrs. Brandon. 
"I'm not guilty. " 

Scene II. — Major Dolittle and Ebony. .Jennie, the octoroon, a runaway slave, 
meets her former master. The slave brand. "I could kill you." 

Scene ///.—Bells grief at the arrest of Nugget Nell ; Ebony's attempt to comfort her. 
"I golly, dis chile's eyes am leakin'." 

ACT V.-Street. 
Scene I. — Mack and Guy break open the jail and escape with Nugget Nell, the 

Srisoner, to the mountain. Major Dolittle and Ebony arrange a plau to rescue 
'ugget Nell. Guy's secret discovered. 

Scene II. — Jennie tells Guy of her meeting Major Dolittle, "that cursed mark." 
Jennie and Nell in the cave. The quarrel, Jennie's murderous attempt to kill Nell, 
Mack interferes. The secret of the octoroons disclosed. Jennie stabs Mack. Guy 
and Jennie escape. Ebony and Major Dolittle rescue Nugget Nell. Mack reveals 
to Nell who her parents are. 

Scene ///.—Return of Nell, Ebony and Major Dolittle, to Toomstone. News of 
Mack's death. Charley Grey regains his stolen gold. Nell to return East with her 
father. Ebony can't be left behind to be hoo-dooed. 

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